Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Holiday Home Tour and Garland Show & Tell

I'm joining in today on Tracey's Holiday Home Tour and The Nester's Holiday Garland Show and Tell.
Welcome to my home! We'll start off with a couple of my garlands...
Even the bed has garland...

That's all the garland, now on to the rest of my home tour. You can click any of the images to enlarge them.

My paperwhites just started blooming in time for the tour. These sure do grow fast!

For those of you that read my blog regularly I apologize...the following photos are repeats from the last few days.

















Please visit Notes from a Cottage Industry and The Nesting Place to see more bloggers who are joining in on all this Christmas decorating fun! If you aren't in the Christmas spirit yet, I bet you will be after all this!!!

94 comments:

  1. I am literally gasping at how gorgeous your home is. Stunning! Everything is stunning!

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  2. Your home is sooooo beautiful, I have been reading your blog for a long time and you never cease to amaze me.
    Christmas Blessings,
    Leigh Ann

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  3. Hello Cindy,

    unbelievable charming and beautiful... I can't say with words!

    Kind regards
    Sonja

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  4. Cindy, Please don't apolgize for repeats...You are such an inspiration, I could go back several times to look at the same pictures.
    Just beautiful! Mary

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  5. Oh my goodness, how beautiful. Can I come over? :-) Your decorations should be in a magazine. Christmas blessings to you and your family!

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  6. I am soo amazed that the magazine editors haven't discovered you yet! Your home is so beautiful!

    I can't over how Christmas'fied it is & not one touch of red! It's just perfect!

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  7. Gorgeous! Love the china tree, never would have thought of that, and it's terrific!

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  8. Your home is so beautiful, it never hurts to see some of your pics more than once.

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  9. Such a delight for my eyes! I am planning to come back to this again and again for inspiration.

    Question: How to you get the platters (above your china cabinet) to stand up so straight? I tried using plate stands, but the platters lean back so severely.

    Thanks again for sharing your decorating talents with us.

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  10. I love to enlarge your photos and just ooh and aah over every special little touch. Oh, and I got your email. So I guess we both got our issues taken care of!
    Brenda

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  11. I loved seeing your repeats! And the garland shots are fabulous!

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  12. Your fabulous use of beautiful dishes and other tableware to decorate your tree is simply amazing! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas from Juliet in Southern California!

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  13. Love the garland on the stairs!

    I know you are uber-busy, but check out my 100th post. I have a 'different' kind of giveaway I am doing! :D

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  14. Cindy, what a beautiful home you have..so magical..I always enjoy visiting...even if the pictures are repeats..lol hugs ~lynne~

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  15. Cindy, what a beautiful home you have..so magical..I always enjoy visiting...even if the pictures are repeats..lol hugs ~lynne~

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  16. Your home is romantic and BEAUTIFUL!!! I so enjoyed all your pictures! I wish I could move right in! :-)

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  17. Lovely, lovely! I enjoyed seeing even the photos you repeated, and I'm glad more people might discover your pretty blog today.

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  18. Hi Cindy! Outstanding, soooo romantic!!! Have a great week - Sincerely, Jeannette

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  19. Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful!!
    Monica.

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  20. Beautiful Cindy! I love every inch!

    Manuela

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  21. LOVELY!!! What a stunning Christmas home! I love everything. It truly is eye candy.

    Hugs,
    Claire

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  22. I could smell the paperwhites throughout your home. Yum!! Sally

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  23. Well, Cindy, my gosh! The shots of your home are simply fabulous!!!! I love, love, love, the tablescape with the sparkly shells and that blue and white china tree is an all time keeper.. How will you ever take it down? I love blue and white china.... it is wonderful.... like a visit to heaven... Hugs...

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  24. your home is wonderful!! i am a primitive style girl by heart but your tree and other treasures are making me long for a cottage place !!!

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  25. Cindy, Its all beautiful as always everything thing you touch has that special Cindy look to it...hope you have a great day...hugs and smiles Gloria

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  26. Hi Cindy!

    Killing two birds with one stone huh? Good for you! Everything looks amazing and I now have a sudden urge to dig out all of my blue and white!

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  27. Everything is beautiful. Really like the garland on your bannister (I still haave not deco. my bannister).

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  28. Your Christmas decorating is beautiful Cindy, as always!!
    Hugs, Rhondi

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  29. Cindy, every time I come to your blog I say the same thing - beautiful!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia :)

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  30. Cindy your home is stunning! really beautifully decorated too!
    It must feel wonderful to live there-you lucky girl!
    ~Tam :D

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  31. Everything looks beautiufl Cindy!

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  32. Cindy....absolutely beautiful.....thank you for the tour!

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  33. I love it all! You have a wonderful home. So warm and inviting :) Gorgeous

    Hugs from Marian

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  34. Wow! I am speechless! Your decorating is AMAZING! You truly have a gift!

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  35. Don't you mind. It's so nice to see all the loveliness again!! You are such a good decorater. And your birdcage is still lovely LOL.
    Hope you have a nice evening.
    Love Elzie

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  36. I LOVE your cottage charm..are you sure you are in the right business..you should be doing these types of things for photos shoots...your home looks so cozy and inviting...you really have a gift...just beautiful..:)

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  37. You know these other ladies have used all the words to describe your home that I would use! Fabulous, gorgeous, stunning, amazing...dang...I need a thesaurus. Everything is beautiful Cindy!!

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  38. Absolutely beautiful!

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  39. Your home is beautifully dressed for the holidays Cindy! Thank you for the lovely tour.

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  40. you have a lovely home. Kelly

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  41. never, ever get tired of seeing your home! Love, Esther

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  42. Thanks for the wonderful tour. I love your dish tree and the rest of your home is just gorgeous. Marty

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  43. Cindy Stunning as Always! You can not move around your home without the spirit of the season.
    Just fabulous.
    Debra

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  44. AWESOME! I love the garlands. The centerpiece on the table, the color scheme, the pictures - everything is just perfect!

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  45. As always, Cindy, you have done a simply beautiful job of decorating your home for the holidays. It is always so nice to see what you do. I love the garlands and the tree in your dining room. Thanks for sharing!!

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  46. I look forward each day to my 'visit to Cindy's house'. I am never disapointed! Your house is so beautiful Cindy and you are an inspiration. Marilyn

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  47. Cindy, all of it is gorgeous! I really like the mirror wall!
    Thanks for sharing more of your homey place. I enjoy the tours.
    Linda

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  48. Cindy, your home is BEAUTIFUL!!! I wish I lived near you so I could come for a visit........I love all the silver cream and white. The three tiered piece is so pretty.
    Every nook and cranny is beautiful!
    It must be so nice coming home and walking into what looks like a winter wonderland! Happy Holidays!
    Becky

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  49. Ahhh...When I grow up I wanna live in a house exactly like yours!

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  50. Oh how absolutley gorgeous ! What a haven your home must be. I lvoe white but six sons and white?? no not happneing until they all lmove out.

    daisymum

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  51. Everything is gorgeous. I especially like the garland adorning the headboard. What a sweet idea.

    Lisa

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  52. Every picture was breathtaking. I can't get past those mirrors in the stairwell. Beautiful!!

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  53. Every time I look at your blog, I am stunned again at just how beautiful your home is. How, how, how do you keep it so beautiful and clean???? I'd have the white dingy in moments... I LOVE what you do with your home. Just stunning. Thank you for sharing so many pictures!!! I can't see enough, it seems.

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  54. What a beautiful home. I love all the white. Nice job!

    Merry Christmas,
    Barb

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  55. Cindy, your home is beautiful as always!! I love that garland idea above the bed. Do you have lights strung through it like Kat does too? That would be fun!!

    Merry Christmas!!

    Blessings,

    Sher

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  56. SO gorgeous and tasteful. You did a magnificent job Cindy!! Sue in FL

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  57. Cindy dear, as always your home is breath taking!!! I simply LOVE the sweet hankie garland you have in the bedroom! Such sweet touches EVERYWHERE! Love coming here to visit!

    Hugs,
    Maryjane

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  58. Oh my gosh Cindy...this is the definition of "bling-a-licious"! I don't know where your creativity comes from, but let it flow...Love absolutely everything...your lighting is perfect too in all of the photos! You should be a magazine/book/TV show designer!
    ;-) Bo

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  59. Your home is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
    Rita

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  60. Great photos Cindy. I have a similar bird cage tucked in my storage room I should take it out. I haven't used it in years.

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  61. Stunning! I love your tree decorated in china and I love the pearls draped through the ornaments ... I'm going to hit up my jewelry box right now!

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  62. The white on white is so cool and refreshing.

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  63. That tree!! That tree is completely gorgeous!!!

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  64. Wow! I'm always so impressed with everything you post. I love all the white.
    Charlotte

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  65. Fabulous Cindy! (My favorite is the bird cage decorated with mini wreaths!!!!!)
    Tracey

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  66. How adorable. It's impossible to say what I liked best, so I won't. I love it ALL. :-)

    XO,

    Sheila

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  67. Wow very elegant and amazing. Just gorgeous.

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  68. Oh my goodness, it all looks SO beautiful!!! I'm jealous of your pretty blue and white scheme, it looks so elegant and sweet. My boys won't let me go without the red this time of year. You always inspire the heck out of me! :-)
    ~Angela :-)

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  69. Hey lady, you have a different kind of budget than I do!


    Paige

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  70. Cindy,
    Your home is absolutely the most beautiful one I have ever seen. You have such a flair for putting things together. It is breathtaking! I wish you could come help me with my home! :)
    I have been reading your blog for such a long time. I truly have enjoyed getting to know you through your words and pictures that you share. You have been such an inspiration to me in so many ways. Keep up the good work - You have no idea the encouragement you give to others through the sharing of your life.
    Thank you also for taking the time to visit me at my blog and leaving such a sweet comment. I hope you have many years left with your precious doggy friend. They are wonderful companions aren't they?
    Blessings to you,
    Kymber

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  71. Cindy your Christmas decor is gorgeous. I adore the cups and saucers on the tree. xoxo

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  72. Every time I think you've reached the top of decorating, you come up with something even more amazing. That china tree, and the view of the garland going up the stairs with your mirrors NEEDS to be in a magazine. Actually, it should be on the cover!!!!!!!!

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  73. Always gorgeous! I want to make a china tree in my dining room too!

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  74. Everything looks lovely, sweetie! I hope you have wonderful memory making hours spent with your family and friends there. (how could you not? you have created such a warm nest)I'm almost done with the decorating, too!

    xo Lidy

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  75. OMG, Cyn, I love your tree!!! You are so dang creative!!

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  76. Cindy, your home is always a joy to behold. I love it all and I especially love the creative way you decorate on a budget, and the way you recycle things to make them work in your home. Keep on a decorating and I'll keep on checking your blog for inspiration.
    Jean in Virginia

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  77. Absolutely beautiful. I love it when I find a blog I can read and for a few short moments it becomes an escape. You were my escape today...thanks!

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  78. Everything is fabulously beautiful! I love, love, love your centerpiece! You have an amazing talent...thank you for sharing it with us!
    Merry Christmas!

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  79. Hi Cindy. I read your blog everyday and you never cease to amaze me with your creativity. Your house is gorgeous! I have to tell you that if you were to come to my house right now, you would see lots of things inspired by you! Thanks for sharing and, in turn, making my house prettier!

    Have a blessed day,
    Stacy P.

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  80. How absolutely gorgeous!!! Thank you so much for your lovely pics, warm hugs from vermont..Mona

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  81. Cindy,
    Your home looks gorgous!Good Job!

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  82. Stunning, as always!

    Big TX Hugs,
    Stephanie
    Angelic Accents

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  83. Just beautiful! Everything is gorgeous as usual.

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  84. Just beautiful! Everything is gorgeous as usual.

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  85. I love everything, but especially the sparkley starfish! Your home, as always, looks amazing! Will you come to our house and help us decorate for Christmas? :)

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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a comment! ~Cindy